Despite the fact David Rivera has been continuously under investigation for one thing or another since even before taken his seat in the U.S. House, and despite the fact that there’s now suspicions that Rivera helped run the campaign of an apparent ringer in the Democratic primary in his district,…
For years Republicans have been able to rely on solid support from the majority of Florida’s Cuban community, but one of the few public polls that actually includes figures specifically on Cuban voters says that President Barack Obama actually has a 16-point advantage over Mitt Romney among Florida Cubans…
Obama has opened up leads outside the margin of error in Florida and two other swing states, Ohio and Virginia, at least according to a new poll from NBC News, the Wall Street Journal and Marist College. The survey of registered voters in the Sunshine State found Obama with 49…
With rumors swirling that Charlie Crist might run for governor as a Democrat in 2014, many are wondering how a former conservative Republican can run as a Democrat. Others believe he’s a political opportunist who will say and do anything to get elected. Well, Riptide has exclusively uncovered his new…
Earlier this week, we brought to your attention to an odd poll that claimed 61 percent of Democratic voters wanted former Republican Charlie Crist to be the Dem’s gubernatorial candidate in 2014. The numbers seemed way off, and now a new poll is out showing that actually Alex Sink, who…
The fact that President Barack Obama called into the DJ Laz Morning Show this morning to talk with Miami’s favorite Pimp with a Limp, is something we still can’t get our minds around. True, his campaign is focused on getting his message out through nontraditional methods, but, like, the man…
The University of Miami may not be hosting a presidential debate like it did in 2004, but both candidates will be gracing the Coral Gables campus later this month within a day of each other.The dueling duo will be taping separate specials for Univision at the University’s BankUnited Center fieldhouse…
Scott Van Duzer made headlines around the world on Sunday when he lifted President Obama off the ground in a back-cracking bear hug that amazingly didn’t result in a swift Tasering by Secret Service agents.The hug has resulted in Van Duzer’s business becoming the most politically debated pizza shop in…
National polls are showing that President Barack Obama definitely sustained a significant post-convention bounce after last week’s DNC, but what about ol’ Mitt Romney? One would figure that by virtue of hosting the Republican National Convention right here in Florida, that the GOP candidate would at least see some bump…
In an early contender for the campaign trail photo of the year, a power-lifting pizza shop owner in Fort Pierce nearly pulverized President Obama’s ribs yesterday when he stopped in during his bus tour of the Sunshine State. Did we mention the owner is a Republican? Amazingly, the Secret Service…
Should Charlie Crist return to politics as a Democrat his biggest roadblock may be, well, Democratic voters. After all, one would figure that a man who has a pretty solid Republican political history (despite what Tea Partiers might have had you believed) would have a hard time winning in a…
Ana Alliegro, the self-described “Conservative Bad Girl” and a central figure in the latest round of scandal to hit Republican Congressmen David Rivera, has gone missing. Her mother told El Nuevo Herald that she has not heard from her since Wednesday night. Her lawyer also tells the paper that he…
If Fox News anchors are right (they’re not) and Barack Obama is secretly a socialist (he isn’t), the president sure is doing a pretty shitty job spreading his collectivist creed in the Sunshine State. On Friday, for instance, Florida’s Secretary of State informed the Socialist Workers Party that it would…
Florida is keeping disabled children in nursing homes and similar institutions, even though several of those children have families that want to care for them at home but don’t have the money to do so. The U.S. Department of Justice has now sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi…
Last night, Charlie Crist completed his nasty two-year break-up with conservatives. When he strolled onto the DNC set in Charlotte, the Republican establishment he once belonged to collectively winced. Then it watched the former Florida governor openly praise President Barack Obama.”But even as the Republican Party fought tooth and nail…
In the worst acted anti-Obama ad released, well, since this little homophobic ditty that came out earlier this week, a new National Republican Committee ad features a pretty, young woman pretending to be a dissatisfied former Obama voter who decides to “break up” with the president. Except the woman in…
So, just in case Mitt Romney fails to deliver, Public Policy Polling decided to jump way ahead of things and conducted a poll asking Republican voters who they’d like to see as their candidate in 2016. Surprisingly, two politicians from Florida took the top two spots: Marco Rubio and Jeb…
Republicans are pros at pandering. When they come to Miami, they always appear at Versailles Café and rage about the Cuban regime. And, of course, they held their convention in Tampa last week in an effort to court curmudgeonly Florida voters.Democrats? Not so much. They are sure to have lost…
Charlie Crist’s latest flirtation with the Democratic party may not please all Democratic officials in the state, but Florida’s Democratic voters overwhelmingly want him to officially register as a Democrat. And although some theorize Crist may run against Rick Scott for governor in 2014, the Dems don’t necessarily need Crist…
Charlie Crist was once a sure-bet, GOP-backed pick for U.S. Senate, until a superstar dark horse named Marco Rubio came along. Todd Akin was once a sure-bet, GOP-backed pick for U.S. Senate, until he opened his mouth to tell the world that he doesn’t believe “legitimate” rape can cause pregnancy…
For the first time in decades, all of America can finally agree on something: Clint Eastwood has gone completely batshit insane. This was the real legacy of last week’s Republican National Convention in Tampa, where the 82-year-old actor pretended to interview President Obama (AKA an empty chair) on live television.Democrats…
All last week, New Times’ own Jacob Katel and Victor Gonzalez dove headfirst into the $75 million dollar lake of fire that was the Republican National Convention in Tampa, all so they could ask the tough questions the rest of the media wouldn’t. Should Jesus be on the dollar bill?…
